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Atlanta's Transit System Changes 'Yellow Line' to 'Gold' After Asian Outrage
foxnews.com ^
| Feb. 11, 2010
Posted on 02/11/2010 5:02:19 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Atlanta's transit system will rename a train route into the heart of the city's Asian community in response to complaints that calling it the "yellow line" showed a lack of racial sensitivity.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority issued a statement Thursday afternoon announcing it would change the name of the line to the "gold line."
"The expressed concerns regarding the use of the phrase 'yellow line' will be addressed in the most expeditious and cost-effective manner possible," MARTA officials said in the statement.
The move to change the name to "gold" coincides with the demands of some advocates in the Asian community.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: asianamericans; atlanta; hypersensitivity; marta; pc; racism; rail; yellow
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To: Moonman62
To: hal ogen
I hope you are directing your Post #12 at MARTA.
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posted on
02/11/2010 5:45:38 PM PST
by
Allegra
(It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
To: Free ThinkerNY
Just think, they could’ve had the train to East Point and College Park called the “Black Line”, the future trains to Kennesaw as the Redneck Line, and the spur towards Grant Park as the Pink Line.
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posted on
02/11/2010 5:48:26 PM PST
by
festusbanjo
(It's not that we tax too little, it's that we spend too damn much!)
To: Stayingawayfromthedarkside
Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta.
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posted on
02/11/2010 5:48:28 PM PST
by
NotSoFreeStater
(If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice)
To: Stayingawayfromthedarkside
Moving
Asians
Rapidly
Through
Atlanta
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posted on
02/11/2010 5:52:35 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I know it look ridiculous. But I agree with the change. The line goes through Chamblee (locally "Chambodia"). There's a whole rainbow of colors available why does that line have to be yellow?
If for no other reason, I don't want to get on a MARTA train, see the yellow line going through Chamblee, and have to make that connection in my brain.
Much like Louis CK and the N-word.
To: NotSoFreeStater
To: Moonman62
To: Free ThinkerNY
"Our thought is, why don't you change it to gold? It's really more of a 'why not?' question. Why not change it?" said Helen Kim, director of advocacy and education at the nonprofit Pan Asian Center for Community Services.
Is this woman going to pay through garnishment?
To: John Semmens
(( ping ))
You have quite a task in your satire trying to keep up with reality.
To: Free ThinkerNY
Chicago, the home of Jessie Jackson has:
Blue Line
Brown Line
Green Line
Orange Line
Pink Line
Purple Line
Red Line
Yellow Line
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:32:04 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(The best is the enemy of the good!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
My satire meter needs a tune-up.
First Sarah Palin is a racist because she said Obama is a professor. Now this. Sheeesh.
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:59:17 PM PST
by
gitmo
(FR vs DU: n4mage vs DUmage)
To: Royal Wulff
Here’s a clue. Asians are not really yellow.
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posted on
02/11/2010 7:01:21 PM PST
by
votemout
To: Free ThinkerNY
Another way to become offended ... do people lay awake at night coming up with this crap ?
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posted on
02/11/2010 7:02:32 PM PST
by
EDINVA
(Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: seoul62
My daughter—in-law is 100% Asian and would find this quite humorous.
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posted on
02/11/2010 7:03:44 PM PST
by
Mears
To: Free ThinkerNY
The DC Metro Yellow line goes through Chinatown. I’ve never hear any complaints.
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posted on
02/11/2010 7:04:25 PM PST
by
TankerKC
(No government employees were harmed in the slashing of this budget.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
LOL. I have Asian friends who are going to laugh their butts off at this.
To: Free ThinkerNY
Not The Onion? Color me shocked!
.....was that somehow racist?
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posted on
02/11/2010 7:14:39 PM PST
by
GatorGirl
(Eschew Socialism!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Those transit authorities have clearly turned yeller in the face of those oriental threats.
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posted on
02/11/2010 7:26:53 PM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
("Personal freedom begins when you tell Old Mrs. Grundy to go to Hell." -Lazarus Long)
To: Free ThinkerNY; Slings and Arrows
Oh, how ridiculous......
We can’t even use colors now without someone getting their panties in a wad.
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:39:44 PM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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